What's the 'Ruby way' to iterate over two arrays at once

>> @budget = [ 100, 150, 25, 105 ]
=> [100, 150, 25, 105]
>> @actual = [ 120, 100, 50, 100 ]
=> [120, 100, 50, 100]

>> @budget.zip @actual
=> [[100, 120], [150, 100], [25, 50], [105, 100]]

>> @budget.zip(@actual).each do |budget, actual|
?>   puts budget
>>   puts actual
>> end
100
120
150
100
25
50
105
100
=> [[100, 120], [150, 100], [25, 50], [105, 100]]

Use the Array.zip method and pass it a block to iterate over the corresponding elements sequentially.

There is another way to iterate over two arrays at once using enumerators:

2.1.2 :003 > enum = [1,2,4].each
 => #<Enumerator: [1, 2, 4]:each> 
2.1.2 :004 > enum2 = [5,6,7].each
 => #<Enumerator: [5, 6, 7]:each> 
2.1.2 :005 > loop do
2.1.2 :006 >     a1,a2=enum.next,enum2.next
2.1.2 :007?>   puts "array 1 #{a1} array 2 #{a2}"
2.1.2 :008?>   end
array 1 1 array 2 5
array 1 2 array 2 6
array 1 4 array 2 7

Enumerators are more powerful than the examples used above, because they allow infinite series, parallel iteration, among other techniques.